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I will not be attending 2020 Nationals even if the border were to open in time. Besides the pandemic, I have too many other life events holding me back.

Have fun and be safe! Hope to see...

Not my finest driving, but hopefully entertaining:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ehhLNJiiQ

My mirrored visor is heavily pitted after 1 year of use. I'll be adding a tear-off when I replace it.

I had a problem with tear-offs floating on my Zamp helmet, so I'll add a bit of tape at the...

No one's done it? Seems like an easy way to save some weight, or free up room for low and central ballast. I'm doing a frame-up rebuild this winter, seems like a great time to change/optimize...

Has anyone ever made a smaller aluminum tank for an autocross-only car? My search has come up empty. Rather than the 3-gallon wedge, I could make a 1.5-gallon tank with room for other ballast (if...

When I was shopping for my CM car, I was puzzled at how few videos exist of them. Now that I own one, I realize that frame vibrations make for crappy videos! Let's share up any videos you have!
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I made smooth hump profiles (same way you'd make a skateboard ramp) the width of my tires and screwed those to my door skin. Greatly increases the versatility for uneven unloading areas.

Have...

Sounds like Brian is going to go above and beyond and get us some prime parking due to the MSR error. Nice!

Sad we're down to 17 from previous years, but happy to see the gang in a week and...

Row 8, spots 27 A and B for me and Mr. Flesher. I'd say to drop by, but I'm rarely at my trailer unless something is broken!

** Codrive seat is taken for 2019! **

No email, but I replied to your PM. :thumbsup:

Yeah, that's probably a bad idea. ;) Congrats!

Shame you won't be there to get those clean and fast runs this time!

Only for previous 1st & 2nd finishers. The rest of us get to sign up on June 25th. Registration will be here:...

I'm looking for a co-driver/tire warmer/etc. for the 2019 Nationals in my 1985 Citation in CM. Car finished 7th in 2018 and 2017. Car has won 5 (maybe 6?) previous national championships with...

Posting to say thanks to everyone. My car was MUCH easier to drive at 12/14 on very slippery asphalt this weekend. Not sure where I got the recommendation for higher pressures, but it's been...

Thanks to all for sharing! I've been running higher pressures (17) and matching front to rear. I'll definitely try lowering the fronts more than the rears for our next event.

It sounds like...

Perry Bennett's pictures are up:
https://perrybphoto.smugmug.com/AUTOXPIX/2018-SCCA-Solo-National-Championships/2018-SCCA-Solo-Nationals-CM/n-rCnPWV/

There are some very neat sequences in...

Playing devil's advocate here: What requirements exist in the GCR or Solo rules for bodywork to be unchanged? If there's no requirement for bodywork to be unchanged from the original supplied with...

Interesting thoughts are forming in my head. I have a 17-lb fiberglass engine cover with a floppy tail* that does nothing for downforce. A light version that wouldn't have to cope with 100+ mph...

Interesting... I'll have to consider the Lincoln Spring Pro/Nats next year.

Excuse my ignorance: Is there no PAX with the “Prepared & Modified” group? I.e. straight heads-up racing? Or is...

My reason: I don't know enough about how Mk9s handle repeated hard drag launches. Are they reliable? Is the lifespan essentially infinite or should I plan to carry spare ring/pinion, fixed first...

How is the car handling? Is it an oversteering mess with less rear tire?

Congrats to Ben, and watch out for Mark next year! He had fastest scratch times both days.

Here's my day 2. Frustrated to be 2 seconds off the leaders, but I see many mistakes in this video...

Packed house in C-Mod! First day results are up here: http://sololive.scca.com/CM.php

Here's my best run from today: (uploading now, should be live shortly)...

Well, you'll get to use those new rains! I'm going to pray that a forecast a week out is pretty unreliable, but I'll still antifog the inside of my visor and RainX the outside.

Limited experience here, but Ron Ver Mulm suggested driving them just hard enough to get the pebbled texture without major sliding and then letting them sit.

We scrubbed sticker tires on the...

I also tried to get clever and cut a bunch of distance by tightening the one corner. So I was driving in an area that most weren't. It was a bad choice on both counts. ;)

Bring a putty knife...

And my open seat is taken! Thanks Joey, hope you love it.

In-car from 2017 Nats:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLCOC84wWUI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJRAJU8sytM

Up to 10 entrants in CM. I'm looking for a co-driver in my car to add one more! ...

I'm looking for a co-driver/tire warmer/etc. for the 2018 Nationals in my 1985 Citation in CM. Car finished 7th in 2017 with driver issues holding it back. Car has won 5 (maybe 6?) previous...

Bodywork aside - please put that visor down! The number of rock chips on my visor after even a few autocrosses is astounding. Sticky tires throw rocks very well.

These are the skinniest/softest shoes I've found: https://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/rjs-500020162/overview/

RJS from Summit, maybe elsewhere too. They wear like nomex socks with suede...

No kidding! It's a very pure form of driving. Everyone locally assumed that my car and trailer were $50,000 or something. When they find out that it was less than their car, they're typically...

I came across Greg M's runs on YouTube:
East: https://youtu.be/nGi2XcWPpxI
West: https://youtu.be/jlI_QAaAKBA

Very smooth. Nice driving Greg!

I'd love to see David and Ben's runs! Does...

A huge shout out to David for a commanding victory! Well done! The real interesting thing was Ben's (CM/FFdriver) results if you take that one cone out. Watch out for him next year!

I...

So. Much. Fun.

My best run: (sitting 5th after day 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLCOC84wWUI

Ted V's best: (sitting 16th after day 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLDsYndYjwQ
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CM's own David Fauth shares some great tips for Nationals prep:...

After too much hand-wringing and monitoring temperatures, this is what I'm doing. Once I looked at pressures like chrisw52 suggested, I realized that it was just fine. 10-ish minutes of idling is...

I found a good deal on a used oil-water heat exchanger in the classifieds, so I'll be installing that over the winter to assist both oil warm-up at autocross and oil cooling when I finally get out on...

Good luck getting it running well for Nats, Lynn!

The forecast looks good: https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/lincoln-ne/68510/daily-weather-forecast/329505?day=21

My Magic 8 Ball agrees, which is probably more credible than a 20-day forecast. ;)

Run/Work is up: https://dk1xgl0d43mu1.cloudfront.net/user_files/scca/downloads/000/037/624/2017_work_run_for_website.pdf?1502818801

CML runs 1st and works 5th (ugh!)
CM runs 4th and works 2nd

The interactive map is pretty neat. You can select a class (like CM) and it highlights where all the drivers in that class are pitted.

Thanks Andy! Now that I'm co-driving with Ted V, we're going to try to paddock together.

Would I need an extra spot? I'm towing a 16 x 7 enclosed. I was planning to unhitch the trailer and leave it there for the 3 days I'm on-site.

I was planning to put the car back in the trailer...

Oops, missed your email until now. Email sent! Come drive with me and resolve your moral dilemma.

Corey

That would be awesome! The 1xx drivers are registered without the xx partner so far, so it'll definitely climb.

Any thoughts on car setup on the test & tune course vs. the Nats courses? In my...

Ok, I'm registered! #93 CM. I'll be the guy asking lots of questions. ;)

How about a CM dinner or something on Monday night?

Thanks for the suggestions!

The Citation has aluminum walls lining the lower cockpit (inner shroud for side radiators), so you'd need a long harness to drape over neighboring tubes. My pull-up...